Skirt-marker.



H. WELLS & R B MEEK.

SKIRT MARKER.

AIPLIOATION FILED APR. 22, 1908.

922,740. Patented May 25, 1909.

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SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION I'ILED APB. 22, 1908.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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HENRIETTA WELLS AND R B MEEK, OF KAHOKA, MISSOURI.

SKIRT-MARKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRIETTA l/VnLLs and B B MEEK, citizens of the United States, residing at Kahoka, in the county of Clark, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Skirt-Marker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skirt markers, and the object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character which will accurately and readily indicate the line along which the bottom of a womans skirt shall be taken up or shortened in the event that the same is not of a proper length, which shall be constructed of a minimum number of parts, which shall be simple in construction, durable in use, and not liable to become deranged from long continued employment.

with the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a skirt marker, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,

Figure 1 is a View, in perspective, of a skirt marker constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section. Fig. 4 is a per spective view of two elements of the apparatus.

The marker comprises, in part, a table 1, such as is ordinarily employed by dressmakers, and which is provided with the usual drawers 2. At the center of the table there is formed an opening 3, of anypreferred diameter, in which is fitted a revolublc platform 4 upon which the wearer of the skirt stands while the same is being marked, as will hereinafter appear.

The platform is secured to a plate or disk 5, which may be of metal, or, as herein shown, of wood, and the under face of which is rounded, the center portion of the under face of the disk having secured to it a sheet or disk 6 of metal, which conforms to the rounded exterior of the disk 5. The disk 5 rests upon a longitudinal bar 7, which is rigidly held in place by being secured to two cross pieces 8 and 9, the ends of which are secured to the curtain 10 of the table. It will be noted by reference to Fig. 2 that the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1908.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial No. 428,622.

upper face of the bar 7 is concaved, the object of this arrangement being to reduce the frictional contact between the disk 5 and the bar to the minimum, and the metallic facing 6 will operate to prevent wear to a large extent.

Projecting from the disk 5, and extending through an orifice in the bar 7, is a shaft 10, the lower end of which has secured to it a disk 11 having contrate ratchet teeth 12. This ratchet wheel may be constructed of heavy sheet metal stamped to the appropriate form, or it may be of cast metal, as preferred.

Mounted upon the shaft 10, between the under side of the bar 7 and the upper face of the ratchet wheel, are two levers l3 and 14, each of which is provided with. a dog 15, which, as shown in Fig. 2, are oppositely disposed, that is to say, they project from opposite edges of the levers. The dogs are designed to engage with the teeth of the ratchet wheel, and as the connection between the levers and the shaft will be loose in character, the dogs will alternately be allowed to ride freely over the ratchet teeth on the dead stroke of the lever.

The means for oscillating the lever comprises a treadle 16 which, as shown in Fig. 1, is approximately U -shaped, and extends close to the floor line. This treadle is constructed from a length of heavy wire, or a bar of metal, and has its upper ends bent to form two crank arms 17 that terminate in hooks 1 8 thehooks being engagedbyone endof a pair of links 19, the other ends of which are hooked into engagement with orifices 20 in the outer ends of the lovers, the inner ends of the levers being provided with orifices 21 through which the shaft 10 projects. The treadle is supported from the underside of the table by bearings 22 that engage with the bends 23 of the cranks, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

From the descriptionso far given, it will be seen'that when the foot of the operator is placed upon the cross bar 24 of the treadle, and the treadle is vibrated, the levers will be actuated and will drive the ratchet wheel, and the latter, through the medium of the shaft 6, will rotate the platform 1, and thus turn the applicant thereof slowly through a complete circle.

As a means for marking a skirt, there is a novel form of chalk holder provided, which consists of an adjustable standard embodythe other arm 31 of which has connected with it the other member 82 of the marker, the latter member being in effect a clamp between the jaws of which is held the chalk 33. The jaws of the clamp are preferably faced with felt or some other suitable sub stance to prevent'injuring the chalk and to hold it against slipping, a set screw 34 carried by the member 32 operating to clamp the chalk in position. The face of the member 28 of the marker that opposes the crayon is provided with a longitudinal groove 35 into which the garment is forced by the crayon, and which operates to cause a clearly defined mark to be made upon the garment.

As stated, the table is an ordinary dressmakers table, and is therefore too high for a person to step on to, and to meet this emergency there is a ladder 36 provided, which'is furnished with a cross rod 37 that projects beyond its sides at one end and enis adjusted to bring the chalk to the proper point. The two members 30 and 31 of the chalk holder are then flexed apart, and the skirt is inserted between them, and the chalk forces the fabric into the groove 32. As the operator works the treadle back and forth to cause the platform to rotate it, he draws the skirt through the marker, and thereby leaves thereon a clear and welldefined mark.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that all the improvements herein defined are simple in character, that they will be thoroughly effective in securing the objects sought, and that no particular skill will be required properly to manipulate them.

What is claimed is 1. In a marker, a base, a platform mounted to rotate upon the base, a slotted plate disposed upon the base, a set screw engaged through the slot in the plate and threaded into the base for holding the plate in ad justed position on the base, an upright on the said plate, and a marker adjustable V6I.

tically upon the upright.

2. In a marker, the combination with a base and a rotatable platform mounted upon. the base, of a marker mounted adjacent said platform, said marker comprising a slotted plate disposed upon the base, a set screw engaged through the plate and threaded into the base, a standard upon the plate, a block adjustable vertically upon the standard, a bowed resilient wire member secured at the end of one of its arms to the said block, a block carried at the end of the other arm of the said member, the said block including spaced portions adapted to be clamped to hold a piece of chalk, and means for clamping the said members together.

3. In a marker, a base, a rotatable plat form upon the base, a slotted plate disposed upon the base adjacent the platform, and a set screw threaded into the base and through the slot in the said plate, the plate having an upstanding finger, and a wire skirt guiding member having spaced integrally connected resilient arms, one of said arms being adjustably secured at its extremity to the said finger, the major portion of the said guide projecting laterally beyond the said finger to one side thereof and being adapted to receive and guide the lower edge of a skirt between its arms, and means upon the extremity of the other arm of the guidingmember for holding a piece of chalk.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRIETTA WELLS. R B MEEK. Witnesses:

JOHN L. Hones, AMELIA O. CHERRY. 

